Punjab Resource Management Program (PRMP)

The Punjab Resource Management Program (PRMP) has been initiated by the Government of Punjab (GoPb) with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a comprehensive reform package with an aim to strengthen provincial finances, institutional development and incentive mechanisms for public service delivery with particular emphasis on pro-poor sectors and the creation of an enabling environment for private sector development to make it an engine of growth for the economy.

The overarching objective of the program is to assist the Punjab Government in reducing poverty through good governance including improved public sector resource management. Despite many initiatives aimed at developing Pakistan’s economic and social sectors, the country’s level of development remains below its potential and social indicators are lagging. Incidence of poverty today is higher than a decade ago. Punjab mirrors these national trends and is further constrained by the fact that fiscal space available to the Government of the Punjab is limited.